50 mark
Germany · 1914
A 1914 loan bank 50 mark, issued at the outbreak of the First World War. Four of the copies here have the scarcer 6-digit serial number; the rest have 7 digits.
What it boughtOn the date printed on it, 5 August 1914, an inland letter in Germany cost 10 pfennig to post, so this note would have paid for 500 letters.
- Ref
- 522; 523; 524; 525; 526; 527; 528; 529; 530; 531; 532; 533; 534; 535; 536; 537; 538; 539; 540; 541; 2289
- Country
- Germany
- Issuer
- Germany
- Denomination
- 50 mark
- Catalogue number
- Pick 49
- Date
- 1914 (printed on the note)
- Estimated value
- £0.49 to £4.28 · price guide: Numista
- Grade
- VG, F, VF (estimated from photos)
- Copies in the collection
- 21
- Varieties held
- 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number; 6-digit serial number (the scarcer variety); 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number; 6-digit serial number (the scarcer variety); 6-digit serial number (the scarcer variety); 7-digit serial number; 6-digit serial number (the scarcer variety); 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number; 7-digit serial number